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FLC071-231800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

1103 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



  FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES.

  LEHIGH ACRES.

  FORT MYERS.



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT



* AT 1103 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES OR MORE PER HOUR.



AT 1103 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED FLOODING 

ALONG BURNT STORE ROAD WHICH RESULTED IN IT BEING CLOSED FROM THE 

CHARLOTTE COUNTY LINE TO KISMET PARKWAY. NUMEROUS OTHER SIDE ROADS 

ARE IMPASSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND

INTERSECTIONS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK. DO NOT DRIVE 

THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

AND SOME COUNTRY ROADS. FARMLAND ALONG STREAM BANKS WILL BE

INUNDATED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DONT BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN 

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LAT...LON 2676 8184 2664 8208 2638 8178 2652 8150



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